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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Damião Araújo , Boyan Sirakov

We study the one-phase Alt-Phillips free boundary problem, focusing on the case of negative exponents $\gamma \in (-2,0)$. The goal of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, we prove smoothness of $C^{1,\alpha}$-regular free boundaries by…

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We study the regularity of minimizers to the functional \[ J(w)=\int_{\Omega} a^{ij}w_iw_j + Q\chi_{\{w>0\}}, \] over a bounded domain $\Omega$ and among the class of nonnegative functions in $W^{1,2}(\Omega)$ with prescribed boundary data.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-19 Mark Allen

The optimal local Lipschitz regularity for scalar almost-minimizers of Alt-Caffarelli-type functionals $$ \mathcal{F}({v}; \Omega) = \int_\Omega \varphi(x,\left|\nabla v(x) \right|)+ \lambda \chi_{\{{v} >0\}} (x) \, \mathrm{d}x\,, $$ with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Chiara Leone , Giovanni Scilla , Francesco Solombrino , Anna Verde

We study the boundary regularity of solutions of elliptic operators in divergence form with $C^{0,\alpha}$ coefficients or operators which are small perturbations of the Laplacian in non-smooth domains. We show that, as in the case of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-04-09 E. Milakis , T. Toro

We establish an epsilon-regularity theorem at points in the free boundary of almost-minimizers of the energy $\mathrm{Per}_{w}(E)=\int_{\partial^*E}w\,\mathrm{d} {\mathscr{H}}^{n-1}$, where $w$ is a weight asymptotic to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Carlo Gasparetto , Filippo Paiano , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider the nonlinear eigenvalue problem, with Dirichlet boundary condition, for a class of very degenerate elliptic operators, with the aim to show that, at least for square type domains having fixed volume, the symmetry of the domain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Isabeau Birindelli , Giulio Galise , Hitoshi Ishii

We prove optimal boundary $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions of degenerate fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations with oblique boundary conditions and Hamiltonian terms of the form \[ \begin{cases} |Du|^{\gamma}F(D^2 u)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Junior da Silva Bessa , Gleydson C. Ricarte

We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that if $u$ is a solution of $(-\Delta)^s u = g$ in $\Omega$, $u \equiv 0$ in $\R^n\setminus\Omega$, for some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-07-26 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

By virtue of barrier arguments we prove $C^\alpha$-regularity up to the boundary for the weak solutions of a non-local nonlinear problem driven by the fractional $p$-Laplacian operator. The equation is boundedly inhomogeneous and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Antonio Iannizzotto , Sunra Mosconi , Marco Squassina

In this note, we present the interior $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations in dimension two.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Kai Zhang

We study the regularity of the "free surface" in boundary obstacle problems. We show that near a non-degenerate point the free boundary is a $C^{1,\alpha}$ $(n-2)$-dimensional surface in $\real^{n-1}$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Athanasopoulos , L. A. Caffarelli , S. Salsa

In this paper we prove a classification result for axially symmetric one phase minimizers of the Alt-Phillips free boundary problem in dimensions 3, 4, and 5. To accomplish this, we establish a stability inequality that extends the one for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-20 Aram Karakhanyan , Tomás Sanz-Perela

We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf , Tim Laux

In this paper we prove that solutions to several shape optimization problems in the plane, with a convexity constraint on the admissible domains, are polygons. The main terms of the shape functionals we consider are either E f ($\Omega$),…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Jimmy Lamboley , Arian Novruzi , Michel Pierre

For a vectorial Bernoulli-type free boundary problem, with no sign assumption on the components, we prove that flatness of the free boundary implies $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity, as well-known in the scalar case \cite{AC,C2}. While in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Daniela De Silva , Giorgio Tortone

In this paper, we obtain a series of regularity results for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations with oblique derivative boundary conditions. In particular, we derive the pointwise $C^{\alpha}$, $C^{1,\alpha}$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-21 Dongsheng Li , Kai Zhang

The Convex Envelope of a given function was recently characterized as the solution of a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE). In this article we study a modified problem: the Dirichlet problem for the underlying PDE. The main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-07 Luis Silvestre , Adam M. Oberman

We consider Cheeger-like shape optimization problems of the form $$\min\big\{|\Omega|^\alpha J(\Omega) : \Omega\subset D\big\}$$ where $D$ is a given bounded domain and $\alpha$ is above the natural scaling. We show the existence of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-11-25 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Alfred Wagner

We prove the $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary in the Signorini problem with variable coefficients. We use a $C^{1,\alpha}$ boundary Harnack inequality in slit domain. The key method is to study a non-standard degenerate…

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